England vs Spain – as it happened: Visitors hold on for Nations League victory

September 9, 2018

England vs Spain – as it happened: Visitors hold on for Nations League victory

England begin their Uefa Nations League campaign against Spain on Saturday night as Gareth Southgate’s side look to build on the momentum from their World Cup campaign, with the 2020 European Championship already on the horizon.

Southgate is already looking towards that tournament after bringing in new faces to his squad, with Luke Shaw and Alex McCarthy brought into the side, while Jamie Vardy and Gary Cahill have retired from international football and both Adam Lallana and Raheem Sterling have withdrawn due to injury.

The match is the first to take place in Group 4 of the Nations League, with Croatia making up the three-team line-up, but England do not face Croatia until next month. The group stage sees team play each other home and away, with the table-toppers going on to next June’s semi-finals and the nation who finishes bottom relegated to League B.

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2018-09-08T21:09:46.753Z

Miguel Delaney has a round up of all the action from tonight at Wembley

2018-09-08T21:01:02.400Z

Harry Kane has some strong feelings about the goal that wasn’t, have a listen below to his reaction

2018-09-08T20:44:38.423Z

FULL TIME: England 1 – 2 Spain

England have one last chance with a long throw from Gomez but Welbeck’s header goes wide, Spain claim the three points but it was an encouraging display form England

2018-09-08T20:41:35.466Z

90+7 mins: NO GOAL! England 1 – 2 Spain

Danny Welbeck thought he’d scored but the ref rules that he fouled De Gea who claimed the ball in the air and landed on Welbeck losing the ball in the process, before Welbeck put it in the net. England remain one behind

2018-09-08T20:40:10.796Z

90+6 mins: GOAL! England 2 – 2 Spain – Welbeck

Or is it?

2018-09-08T20:38:47.733Z

90+5 mins: England 1 – 2 Spain

Lingard brings Saul down in Spain’s half, it’s a frustrated tackle as Spain look to control the final minutes of the match

2018-09-08T20:35:42.333Z

90+2 mins: England 1 – 2 Spain

Sergio Ramos hits a volley over the bar and he gives a wry smile, if he’d had scored that the crowd would have been silenced

2018-09-08T20:34:35.506Z

90 mins: England 1 – 2 Spain

9 minutes added time after the Luke Shaw injury, England have their urgency back but Spain have the ball Ramos gives it to Martinez who wins a corner in a tussle with Trippier

2018-09-08T20:30:18.693Z

87 mins: England 1 – 2 Spain

The love train makes an appearance as England win a corner, Maguire breaks off and wins the header but he can’t direct it back across goal and it goes out for a goal kick

2018-09-08T20:28:50.976Z

85 mins: England 1 – 2 Spain

England look to be in the ascendancy now, Rashford gets the ball again in the box after Lingard knocks it through the defence, but De Gea makes another last ditch save, the linesman has his flag up and it’s offside

2018-09-08T20:24:56.690Z

80 mins: England 1 – 2 Spain

CHANCE! Spain look to have settled for a one goal advantage and have dropped off, Kane gets the ball in mid-field and sets Rashford clear on goal, the Manchester United striker gets through and strikes it straight at De Gea, England should be level

2018-09-08T20:20:53.163Z

77 mins: England 1 – 2 Spain

Dele Alli and Jesse Lingard see some of the ball and create England’s first chance of the second half, they link up well on the edge of the area before Alli gives it to Rashford, he tries a shot from the edge of the area and it’s an easy save for De Gea

2018-09-08T20:18:29.506Z

75 mins: England 1 – 2 Spain

Ramos makes a good tackle on Rashford but England have a throw in in Spain’s half, the visitiors press high though and force England back into their own half, England need to create a bit of zip here, their play is slow and they need to stretch the Spanish defenders

2018-09-08T20:15:59.050Z

72 mins: England 1 – 2 Spain

During the World Cup, England’s intensity seemed to slack towards the back end of all their games, being a goal behind they can’t afford for that to happen tonight, they put together a series of decent passes but a Rashford pass to Trippier is too heavy and Spain have a throw in

2018-09-08T20:10:28.720Z

67 mins: England 1 – 2 Spain

John Stones makes a great last ditch tackle, diving forward and getting to the ball before Rodrigo, his reward is a yellow card and a Spanish free kick on the edge of the box…

… Isco takes it, finds the wall and it’s cleared away

2018-09-08T20:07:24.456Z

64 mins: England 1 – 2 Spain

Trippier finds Harry Kane with a lovely little ball over the top of the defence, but the England captain snatches at it sends it wide, he was ruled offside so it wouldn’t have counted anyway

2018-09-08T20:05:51.000Z

60 mins: England 1 – 2 Spain

Spain have had the better of the second half so far, Thiago receives the ball on the right and he whips it into the box, Alonso gets in the end of it before giving it to Ramos who hits it first time as he flies into the box, it’s straight at Pickford who saves it easily

2018-09-08T20:01:07.323Z

58 mins: England 1 – 2 Spain

The crowd is trying to get a bit of momentum back into the game, they’re chanting and drumming to an upbeat tempo but England still look a little sluggish

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What time does it start?

England vs Spain kicks off at 7.45pm on Saturday 8 September.

TV channel?

The match will be shown live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football from 7.00pm.

Odds…

England to win: 17/10

Spain to win: 9/5

Draw: 21/10

(Odds provided by Betfair)

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